The Russian president won’t drop his military support of the rebels if he knows the west is arming Ukraine – quite the oppositeVladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko could scarcely muster a handshake at the beginning of the peace talks in Minsk, and the fact that the negotiations went on through the night suggests they both had to be arm-twisted into making concessions they didn’t like. It also means that the deal they finally reached is very fragile, hanging by the slenderest of threads.The immediate task will be to establish a lasting ceasefire, starting on Sunday. The priority is to put …read more
Source: The Guardian